News about Kumar Sangakkara

When he oversaw a warm-up session against England against New Zealand, Freddie Flintoff was all smiles. Flintoff appeared in public for the first time last week after a near-fatal car crash while filming the BBC's Top Gear show in December 2022. During Jos Buttler's one-day match against New Zealand, the 45-year-old consultant was pictured on the field at The Oval as England players went through their warm-up routine on Wednesday.

TRAFFORD BOOTH - AT OLD TRAFFORD — Pat Cummins lost his wicket to the first ball of this second Ashes Test on the second morning, and it was all downhill from there. Both cricketers have bad days. Cummins doesn't have many, and even his bad ones are usually half-decent. This, however, was something else: a stench inside a shocker wrapped in a sickener. He mustn't have seen anything like it. Many things are true about Australian teams, but total disintegration is not one of them. Cummins presided in Manchester on Thursday over his country's most shambolic session in an Ashes Test since being bowled out for 60 on the first morning at Trent Bridge eight years ago.

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On Thursday, Steve Smith will face the 14th Australian to play 100 Test matches for his country. Smith, 34, has been a mainstay in the national team for ten years, establishing himself as one of the world's finest batters and Australia's go-to-man for runs at No. 4. During Smith's Test career, there have been many cheers - as well as some tears. Mail Sport takes a look at some of the superstar's time in Baggy Green here.

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT LORD'S: England failed to exhibit the lethal characteristics that characterizes a full-throated Bazball attack under ideal bowling conditions, despite a string of fumblings in the field that allowed for consistent Australian gains. On Thursday morning, the home team will face a mountain to scale in the hopes of levelling the competition. Lawrence Booth of Mail Sport gives the key findings from the second Test's opening day.

Mel Jones, Kumar Sangakkara, and Dinesh Karthik will all be included in Sky's regulars, as well as Ian Ward, Mike Atherton, Mark Butcher, and Sportsmail's very own Nasser Hussain, who will all provide insight into the film. Sir Andrew Strauss will offer commentary on the Lord's Test, which will be hosted by the Ruth Strauss Foundation on a fundraising day. Pietersen (centre left) of England will be reunited with old rival Ponting (centre right), with the pair locking horns over the years in some of the most memorable Ashes series, but this time they'll be on the same team. Taylor (right) will play alongside fellow captain Ponting in Sky's commentary box after retiring from international cricket last July and has been named as one of the top names in the 10-man team for the June and July series.

In a road traffic collision in South Africa, the respected official, who was in charge of more than 100 Test matches between 1992 and 2010, was involved. 'Rudi sustained fatal injuries after an accident between Cape Town and Gqeberha,' according to a family spokesperson for Fox Sports, who requested anonymity.'